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This morning, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded a halo CME emerging from the vicinity of sunspot 1054: (movie at link). The cloud appears to be heading toward Earth and it could spark geomagnetic storms when it arrives on or about March 17th. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.
Thanks for the info, the wife and I have been waiting for one. We just moved to northern Maine so it'll be our first view I grew up in Central NY, we occasionally could see them but very intense.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! It has long been one of my dearest wishes to see this--I'll be looking . One of the other things I hoped to see before I die was a bluebird, and that was fulfilled a month or so after we moved here!
Copy any of my stuff. It's all there to help people interested in Maine. The best viewing is obviously to the north and the higher you can get the more you can see. I have seen them like waving ribbon candy, like broad fans of pulsing light and just a soft glow that changes colors. This will not be over in one night and if NJ2ME and family sees it they will have an awesome welcome.
Also on Wednesday night there will be an International Space Station fly-over. It will rise nearly straight up out of the northwest just after 8 PM.
ISS 08:09:59 pm WNW 08:12:23pm 81° -4.0 (very bright)
I've seen them many times and can't wait to see them again...........they're spectacular!
I was once working in a 28-day alcohol rehab in LImestone (known as "the Farm") and one night a guy from Portland who hadn't been sober too, too long came running inside, scared out of his wits............saying "there's something really weird going on out there, guys!!". He thought he was tripping or something lol!
We used to wake the kids at night, out in the boonies in WA state, when they were active, and bundle everyone -- still in pjs -- in blankets and sleeping bags and lie out in the cow pasture to watch them. Haven't seen any since, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the clear skies I see out my window will remain over night for a bit.
K has never seen them, and has been watching the spaceweather site regularly since he got to ME waiting for good news. We have a pretty dark sky, so I am hopeful...
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I grew up in Central NY, we occasionally could see them but very intense.
